>Housing is an investment only if you own more than one. Every California rental I've lived in for the past five years had the owner residing in it as their pr

>Housing is an investment only if you own more than one. Every California rental I've lived in for the past five years had the owner residing in it as their primary residence, renting out the spare rooms, while doing one of two things: not declaring any of the rental income while still getting primary residence tax breaks, or declaring it as a full rental (and using another address as their primary address, despite not living there), and writing off the exorbitant Bay Area HOA fees.